Much more than a movie, The Corporation has transformed audiences and dazzled critics with its insightful and compelling analysis. Living up to its title, the film explores the true nature and spectacular rise of the dominant economic institution of our time. Taking a corporation's status as a legal "person" to the logical conclusion, the film puts the corporation on the psychiatrist's couch to ask "What kind of person is it?" Unfortunately for all of us, the diagnosis does not suggest a healthy effect on the body politic.

Discussion will be led by Sharat G. Lin, PhD of the San Jose Peace & Justice Center. He writes on global political economy, the Middle East, India, and labor migration.